Trashlight Vision was a trash punk band from the United States. They featured the guitarist from

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and Steve Haley from the Philadelphia-based rock band HALEY. The band released their debut album in April 2006 on UnderGroove Records in the UK, entitled "''

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''". The album features 11 original songs as well as a cover of the

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song "''

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''". After releasing "''Alibis and Ammunition''", Trashlight Vision gained a strong and increasingly big fanbase and toured many different countries including their home country, various parts of Europe, the United Kingdom and Japan. Trashlight Vision signed with

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in the USA and released Alibis and Ammunition in the United States on July 10, 2007. The group disbanded on September 12, 2007."Trashlight Vision Call It A Day"
Oz, Diamond, "Metal Underground", September 13, 2007. On 18 August 2011, the band announced that they would reunite with the original line-up to play a single show in

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, on 29 September 2011. The show was set up as a benefit show for drummer Jonny Chops who underwent emergency surgery to remove a brain tumour in July 2011.

Members

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2004–2007, 2011) * Steve Haley – lead guitar, backing vocals (2004–2007, 2011) *Roger "Rags" Segal – bass, backing vocals (2004–2007, 2011) (died February 2022) * Jonny Chops – drums (2007) *Lenny Thomas – drums (2004–2007, 2011) (died October 2016)

Post-Trashlight Vision

Acey Slade served a short stint playing guitar with

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in 2008, before producing 'It Starts Here', by Billy Liar. He is now the lead singer and guitarist in his band Acey Slade & The Dark Party and is also playing bass with Dope. Steve Haley is now a solo artist. Lenny Thomas played drums in Sorry and the Sinatras with

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bassist

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. He died on October 20, 2016. Roger Segal also played bass in Sorry and the Sinatras but announced that he had retired from playing music in early 2010. He died in mid-February 2022.Philly musician Roger Segal (Trashlight Vision, Sorry and the Sinatras) killed in stabbing at 49
''Brooklyn Vegan''. Retrieved February 16, 2022. Jonny Chops was briefly the touring drummer with AntiProduct and was playing drums with

until the reformation of

. In July 2011 he underwent emergency surgery to remove a brain tumour.

Discography

*Trashlight Vision EP - (2004) *'Allergic To Home' EP - (2005) *"''

''" - (2006)

References

External links

Trashlight Vision Official Web Site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trashlight Vision 2004 establishments in Pennsylvania 2011 disestablishments in Pennsylvania American punk rock groups Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups disestablished in 2011